Vacarious Visions has updated its colourful Gold Award-winning iOS build-'em-up Skylanders Lost Islands with a bunch of new features.

For starters, you can now share your accomplishments and achievements with your friends and the rest of the world via Facebook.

This update also includes companions, which are colourful little characters that hand you new items, abilities, and buildings for your - no doubt - bustling fantasy village.

Grizz, for example, is the mayor of the Lost Islands, and enables you to grow your kingdom from level 30 to level 35. Young Willy, on the other hand, grants you access to a Luck Meter and special premium unlockables.

Other companions include Hugo, who always knows what tomorrow's Element of the Day will be; and Baxter, who allows you to store your favourite items for later use.

You can download Skylanders Lost Islands from the App Store for free right this second.